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Mayor Adams has failed to win home rule for the city on speed cameras.

Let’s Face It, ‘Home Rule’ on Speed Cameras is Dead — Blame Focuses on City Hall

By Julianne Cuba | May 11, 2022 | No Comments

Mayor Adams will not get what he claims he wants from the state legislature this year — city control of the speed- and red-light camera programs — a devastating blow to advocates' dream of no longer having to beg Albany to reauthorize the life-saving system every few years.

ONE YEAR LATER: NYPD Has No Answers for Grieving Mom of Brooklyn Hit-and-Run Victim

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 24, 2022 | No Comments

"I have nothing. I have nothing," she told Streetsblog this week as she prepared a small vigil with her two surviving children at the crash site at Court Street on Thursday at around 4:30 p.m.

Analysis: New York’s Speed Cameras Aren’t Racist — But the City’s Road Design Is

By Julianne Cuba and Brian Howald | Feb 14, 2022 | No Comments

Speed cameras are not disproportionately concentrated in low-income communities of color, despite a pervasive belief that the cameras are a money-making ploy that unfairly target Black and Brown neighborhoods, a Streetsblog analysis reveals.

Council Speaker Adrienne Adams has problems with speed cameras.

Speaker Adams Offers Misinformation on Speed Cameras

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 21, 2022 | No Comments

Concern about speed cameras is popular among drivers, anti-government folk and, apparently, the Council Speaker, too.

The many unsolved hit-and-runs include (from top) the deaths of Jose Ramos, Imorne Horton and Matthew Jensen. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

In Memoriam 2021: Too Many Lives Lost; Too Many Cases Unsolved

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 30, 2021 | No Comments

It's the bloodiest year of Mayor de Blasio's Vision Zero initiative — and hit-and-run cases are also on the rise. And the NYPD isn't solving enough of them. An analysis.

Each yellow sign bore the name of one of the 1,800 victims of road violence since Mayor de Blasio took office. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Monday’s Headlines: Day of Remembrance Edition

By Streetsblog | Nov 22, 2021 | No Comments

Sunday was the World Day of Remembrance for the victims of road violence — and in this city, that meant honoring the 1,800 people who have been killed (almost entirely by drivers) during the seven-plus years of Mayor de Blasio's Vision Zero initiative. We were there. Plus other news.

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